#42D1CA#42D1CA

#42D1CA is a light, moderate teal. Relative luminance 0.510; OKLCH L 78.5% C 0.119 H 190.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#42D1CA
RGB	rgb(66, 209, 202)
HSL	hsl(177, 61%, 54%)
HSV	hsv(177, 68%, 82%)
CMYK	cmyk(68.4%, 0%, 3.3%, 18%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.69, -38.76, -7.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.69, 39.50, 191.06°)
OKLab	oklab(78.47% -0.1174 -0.0212)
OKLCH	oklch(78.47% 0.119 190.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.7030, 51.0193, 63.8317)
Luminance	0.5102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#42D1CA #D14249

analogous

#42D183 #42D1CA #4291D1

triadic

#42D1CA #CA42D1 #D1CA42

tetradic

#42D1CA #8342D1 #D14249 #91D142

square

#42D1CA #8342D1 #D14249 #91D142

split-complementary

#42D1CA #D14291 #D18342

monochromatic

#1E7B76 #2AACA6 #42D1CA #73DDD8 #A4E9E6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#42D1CA on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.20

#42D1CA on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #42D1CA

11.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##42D1CA	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##42D1CA	1.00	1.87	11.20	11.20
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C5C6CA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0B7CB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00D7CE

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BDBDBD

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #42d1ca;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(66, 209, 202);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(78.5% 0.119 190.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8adfda',
    500: '#42d1ca',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #42d1ca;
$custom-light: #8adfda;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#42d1ca",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 66,
    "g": 209,
    "b": 202
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 177.063,
    "s": 60.851,
    "l": 53.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.78469,
    "c": 0.11926,
    "h": 190.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51023
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#42D1CA

secondary

#833538

accent

#444CE4

background

#FCFEFE

surface

#F4FCFB

border

#CED5D4

text

#0D1514

muted

#7F8483

Preview Lab

Preview with #42D1CA

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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